raft Archives - Our Funny Little Site Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:39:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Ants Formed Raft To Survive Floods https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/ants-formed-raft-survive-floods/ Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:36:00 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=42 Fire ants have an amazing way to save themselves from flooding. They unite together to form a kind of raft that enables them to float naturally for days. Biologists and engineers have found out that these tiny creatures linked their bodies together similar to how the waterproof fabric is woven. The ant raft is water […]

The post Ants Formed Raft To Survive Floods appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.

]]> Fire ants have an amazing way to save themselves from flooding. They unite together to form a kind of raft that enables them to float naturally for days.

Biologists and engineers have found out that these tiny creatures linked their bodies together similar to how the waterproof fabric is woven.

The ant raft is water repellent because of their cooperative behaviour. The formation of air under the raft increased buoyancy and prevented the underwater layer from drowning. It is also remarkable how these animals can assemble in less than two minutes!

Freelance photographer Rafael Censi captured this amazing formation of ants.

The post Ants Formed Raft To Survive Floods appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.

]]> ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> raft Archives - Our Funny Little Site Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:39:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Ants Formed Raft To Survive Floods https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/ants-formed-raft-survive-floods/ Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:36:00 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=42 Fire ants have an amazing way to save themselves from flooding. They unite together to form a kind of raft that enables them to float naturally for days. Biologists and engineers have found out that these tiny creatures linked their bodies together similar to how the waterproof fabric is woven. The ant raft is water […]

The post Ants Formed Raft To Survive Floods appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.

]]> Fire ants have an amazing way to save themselves from flooding. They unite together to form a kind of raft that enables them to float naturally for days.

Biologists and engineers have found out that these tiny creatures linked their bodies together similar to how the waterproof fabric is woven.

The ant raft is water repellent because of their cooperative behaviour. The formation of air under the raft increased buoyancy and prevented the underwater layer from drowning. It is also remarkable how these animals can assemble in less than two minutes!

Freelance photographer Rafael Censi captured this amazing formation of ants.

The post Ants Formed Raft To Survive Floods appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.

]]>